With this we estimate an approximate additional 41 coal plants totalling 23 GW will close by 2030 and 15 plants totalling almost 19 GW are still meant to operate after 2030 and close by 2038 (with an option to close by 2035). This makes the German coal exit incompatible with the UN Paris climate agreement, whilst providing massive overcompensation to the coal industry for closing uneconomic plants very late.
A landmark step leads the way to phase-out coal in the Spanish power system.
The Czech Republic’s coal commission joins state-owned energy company ČEZ today to hold a ceremony marking the closure of the Prunerov I coal power plant.
Based on the results of completed analyzes of the Ostrołęka C coal plant, Enea and Energa decided to implement the investment using natural gas combustion.
Enel has announced that it will close its 660MW unit2 at Brindisi Sud coal plant by January 2021.
Denmark’s District Heating Funen has announced that it will stop burning coal at its Fynsværket coal power plant in 2022 - three years earlier than planned.
Energy company says it will close its coal power plant in Bremen & replace it with a gas-drive power plant built by Uniper and Wärtsilä Corporation.
Energy company PKN ORLEN will not invest in Ostrołęka C as a coal-fired project. Ostrołęka C is the last of the new coal plant under construction in Poland.
Czech energy company EPH has confirmed that it will close its 565 MW Kilroot coal-powered plant in Northern Ireland.